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To: SunkenCiv

It’s just amazing that we have the ability to send probes into interstellar space.


4 posted on 09/08/2012 9:25:16 PM PDT by Nowhere Man (June 28th, 2012, the Day America Jumped The Shark.)
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To: Nowhere Man

:) And it’s only taken us 35 years to get there.


5 posted on 09/08/2012 9:30:00 PM PDT by TheZMan (Obama is without a doubt the worst President ever elected to these United States)
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To: Nowhere Man

We could do it again, it'll just take a while to get there. :') The next one will be a direct attempt (Voyager I just happens to have lasted long enough to send data; the nuclear battery aboard both Voyagers have lifespan measured in a few decades), and use some other kind of propulsion, at least for the upper stage. Using an orbiting laser or very large reflective array (or series thereof) to boil off propellant might be tried, or plasma drive. And the trip to, say, the outer Solar system might take under ten years. Taking a stab at getting a ship to Proxima Centauri could be done, but would take a little longer. :')

2.4690309E13 miles... V1 is moving about 37 mi/sec... 667305648649 seconds... over 21,000 years... piece of cake...


6 posted on 09/08/2012 10:03:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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